Directions: Read the passage, and answer the question that follows. Every day, Tony trained prancing horses and lumbering elephants and practiced swinging on the high trapeze. The sharp smell of sawdust and the thrill of dizzying heights were second nature to him, and he loved his many wonderful friends in the circus “family.” Yet he dreamed of a vastly different life for himself, maybe a career in the business world.
Then, the circus owner suddenly announced that he had to close down the circus because it wasn’t profitable. Tony breathed a sigh of relief, but later he had a panicky feeling because the circus was all he knew. He wondered what else he could do and then he had an idea. What about the moving picture business? Maybe there was a place for him in that growing and exciting industry!

What is the best possible conclusion that you could draw from the underlined sentence in the text?
a.
Tony hated the circus and couldn’t wait to get away from it.
b.
At last, Tony was free to explore a new career path.
c.
Tony suspected the circus was failing and was relieved to know it for sure.
d.
Tony thought the owner was planning to sell the circus to someone else.

Review rachel’s planned video presentation outline and answer the question

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”

Select all that apply. which adjectives describe madame forestier? a: cruel b: kind-hearted c: cold in manner d: wealthy e: affectionate